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The Irish Ceilidh Band

Introducing you to real Irish Ceilidh; guaranteed to get your feet stomping! This high energy 4-piece band features an array of traditional instruments from the fiddle, whistles and the Irish Bodhran! Complete with outstanding musicianship, warm wit and Irish charm, The Irish Ceilidh Band have entertained crowds across the UK!

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Set List / Repertoire

Songs Include:
I’ll tell me Ma
The wild rover
7 drunken nights
Galway Girl
Brown eyed girl
Little old wine drinker
Fields of Athenry
40 shades of Green
Grace
Whiskey in the jar
Black velvet band
Back home in Derry
The leaving of Liverpool
Danny boy
Star of the county down
Step it out Mary
The Galway Shawl
4 green fields
The Irish Rover
Molly Malone
The black velvet band
Carrickfergus
Raglan Road
Dublin in the rare old times
Dirty old town
Come by the hills
Cunla
Green Fields of France
Rare old Mountain dew
The Working Man

Set Dances include:
The Gay Gordons
Dashing white seargent
Seige of Ennis
Strip the willow
Pride of Erin Waltz
Eightsome Reel

Instrumental Dance Tune sets include:
The Kerry Polkas
Cooleys
Monaghan Jig
Waves of Tory
Irish Washerwoman
King of the fairies
The Finnish Polka
Off to California
Kid on the mountain slip jig
The butterfly slip jig
The soldiers’ joy
The flowers of Edinburgh
The rights of Man
Tripping up the stairs
New mown meadow
Matt Cunningham polka set
Lark in the morning
Blackthorn Stick
Knocknaboul
Clare Jig
Red haired boy
Matt Cunningham set paddle me own canoe
Bucks of Oranmore
Blarney Pilgrim
Cry of the Celts
Phil the fluters ball
It’s a long way to Tipperary
The Coffin set waltzes
Planxty Irwin set waltzes

12 Customer Reviews

Performance quality: 5 stars
Sound quality: 5 stars
Behaviour: 5 stars
Communication: 5 stars
Audience engagement: 5 stars
Value for money: 5 stars
  • Excellent 12
  • Good 0
  • OK 0
  • Unsatisfactory 0
  • Poor 0

Amazing atmosphere and energy

5 stars - Artys Party are Highly Recommended
booked Artys Party for their Wedding in Shropshire September 2023

“Artys party were absolutely brilliant, got everyone up and dancing and we all had a blast. Thank you so much, everyone loved it!”


What a great night!

5 stars - The Irish Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
booked The Irish Ceilidh Band for their Wedding in West Yorkshire August 2023

“We hired this band for the evening at our wedding and they were fantastic! Great music, very skilled with their instruments and really got the crowd going. Would recommend to anyone looking for Irish music”


Not enough stars in the sky to describe how good Artys Party are!!!!

5 stars - Artys Party are Highly Recommended
booked Artys Party for their Wedding in Suffolk August 2023

“We had Artys Party as the main music for our wedding reception and wanted to have a good old Irish session with great music and all the classics, and the guys didn't disappoint! The sound quality was outstanding, the music was brilliant and they even accommodated a couple of Irish dancers with a great jig! Patrick and the band were absolute stars and their professionalism shone through, but with no airs and graces. We wanted to have fun and they provided a fun filled evening with great music and great entertainment. If you love Irish music and I mean real Irish music (not some of the rubbish you'd normally hear) then hire this group. I'll definitely keep them in mind if I need an Irish group for another event! Go raibh míle maith agat!!”


Wonderful music; delightful musicians!

5 stars - Lord Strange are Highly Recommended
booked Lord Strange for their event in Dorset August 2023

“Tom and the rest of the band were just lovely. I booked Lord Strange for my husband's post-funeral celebration party and wanted upbeat music. Tom discussed what I wanted with me beforehand and once he knew my views, I left it to him to decide the set list and I wasn't disappointed. My guests loved them too..they had a great time singing and dancing along.”


Absolutely top notch from start to finish

5 stars - The Irish Ceilidh Band are Highly Recommended
booked The Irish Ceilidh Band for their event in Hampshire July 2023

“I spoke with Patrick a few weeks before the event. We talked for a while about song requests and the type of event, the venue and the type of event it was. The band all got to the venue early to set up and sound check. They played all the songs we requested and the quality of the music and the performance was faultless. The band truly are very talented musicians who love what they do and this shows in their performance. They engaged with the crowd and really made our celebration entertaining and fun. We loved it and would book them again tomorrow if we had any energy left from all the dancing. Real first-class act”

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Prices

Price from £962 + travel from Vale of Glamorgan

Based on 4 members performing 2 x 45 minute sets

  • Wales From £962
  • South West From £1,362
  • West Midlands From £1,362
  • North West From £1,459
  • South East From £1,459
  • East Midlands From £1,507
  • East of England From £1,555
  • Yorkshire and the Humber From £1,555
  • North East From £1,699

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Performance Times

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3 x 60 minutes


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Lineup

Default lineup: 4 members

4 Piece Band: Acoustic Guitar, Accordion, Squeezebox, Whistles, Violin, Percussion. 

Full Biography

Introducing you to real Irish Ceilidh; guaranteed to get your feet stomping! This high energy 4-piece band features an array of traditional instruments from the fiddle, whistles and the Irish Bodhran! Complete with outstanding musicianship, warm wit and Irish charm, The Irish Ceilidh Band have entertained crowds across the UK!

Ready to transform your event into an authentic Irish Ceilidh, The Irish Ceilidh Band are fronted by Belfast singer-songwriter Padraig whose wealth of experience and professionalism ensures your entertainment is in good hands.

Delivering a genuine Irish feel at every event, the band will wow your crowd with sounds of the fiddle, Irish Bodhran, squeezebox, whistles and more! The show lasts around 2 hours with a break and Irish background before we go on and during the break. Dances are fairly simple with the emphasis being on getting people together for a fun night. We normally do around 4 dances per show, though we can do more or less depending on client needs.

Recent clients have included:
Royalty
Robert Smith (the Cure)
Eastenders Cast
Orlando Bloom Movie "Romans"
Wales Millennium Centre
Welsh Rugby Union
Cardiff Coal Exchange
Cheltenham Race Festival
International Folk Festival Guernsey
P&O
Irish Ferries

Please note: For events taking place in Scotland please call for a quote.

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